Ultra fluffy bakery-style cornbread muffins that are full of flavor. Ditch the box and make these instead!
That being said, I’m also a complete cornbread snob. I’ve tried ever boxed variety out there and nothing seemed to come even a little bit close to the super fluffy bread I fell in love with at Boston Market and The Fresh Market. I’ve been known to drive out of my way to stock up from either location just so I can get my CB fix. It’s that extreme.
Thankfully I can finally put an end to the madness!
Not the cornbread madness, of course, but the driving out of my way bit. I had a bake-a-thon in my kitchen and tested a dozen different measurements and ratios until I could happily faceplant into the muffins WITHOUT dunking it into hearty chili or slathering it in extra butter! That was the true test.
Mission accomplished.
Fluffy Bakery-Style Cornbread Muffins
Fluffy Bakery-Style Cornbread Muffins
Prep
Cook
Total
Yield 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 1 + 2/3 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup stoneground cornmeal
- 1.5 TBSP baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup of butter, softened
- 1 cup of milk [I used a coconut-almond blend; any milk works!]
- 2 TBSP oil [olive or coconut]
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar with an electric hand mixer.
- Add milk and oil and mix on low. Add two slightly beaten eggs to the mixture and whisk or lightly beat to incorporate.
- Slowly add the cornmeal mixture in; mixing the two together with a fork until combined. The batter should be slightly airy and sticky.
- Spoon into a greased muffin tin and bake for 18-20 minutes at 350F, using a toothpick to test the center of the muffins for doneness.
- Allow to cool. Of course typical cooling protocol in this household involves munching a molten hot muffin while the others chill to room temperature. Enjoy! <3
Have a few left over?
Wrap ’em up and store in an airtight container for up to four days.
You can even freeze them!
so . . . how were they!? Instead of the typical dense hunk-o-cornbread, these babies are fluff-ay! I’m so excited to FINALLY have a go-to cornbread recipe. It’s about freaking time, right!? I hope you love them too.
Pair them with chili, your favorite soup, or just snag a few for on-the-go snacking! They’re a great compliment to your fall comfort food or simply enjoy them all on their own. I hope y’all love these fluffy bakery-style cornbread muffins as much as we do!
hungry for more?
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Hah! I haven’t been ton Boston Market in FOREVER but they do have epic cornbread. Mm so fluffy. I tried a “healthy” cornbread recipe a couple of months ago and it was awful. Somethings are better if we don’t mess with them 😉 This recipe sounds delicious!
Ohmygosh yes, I’m with you on that! I tried a few too and they were dense, dry disasters. Sometimes a little flour and butter are all you need for bakery magic 😉
mmm cornbread is the BEST! xo jillian – cornflake dreams
Hi Jenn, do you have a lookup for GF recipes on your site? I don’t see one so thought I’d check.
YES! I have been waiting for this forever. And I’m glad I’m not the only one with the weird thumbs which bend backwards. Everyone always makes fun of me because it’s like a double hitch-hiker move. Lol!
Being raised in the south and all, cornbread is the way to my heart. And a fluffy cornbread … well, let’s just get married! haha. Can’t wait to give this a try. THANKS for slaving in the kitchen for us <3
Yum! Perfect time of year for corn bread! I love it with homemade chili
Can I have a package of these to dunk in my soup please?
these look so good, I love cornbread but the only problem is im the only one in he house that likes it so I end up eating it all!
Yum they do look so fluffy and delicious!! I need to give them a go 🙂
OMG!! I’m also a ha-yuge cornbread fan and I’ve actually been searching the web for some good recipes, but here you are, coming to the rescue with these babies! I love that they’re muffins too. I cannot wait to try these!
Yummm! I think I have ONLY tried Jiffy cornbread mix, so I’m sure this would be a major step up from that!
Awesome!! I love love love cornbread, I’m excited to GF these up and crossing my fingers they turn out as awesome as they look in the pictures 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Cornbread the WORRRRRRLD!!! Too funny, I just posted my pumpkin cornbread recipe on Monday! Great minds!
Totally giggling over the molten hot muffin! Haha! And I’m ALL about some FLUFFAYness! Yum! I’m gonna have to try this sometime…and then head to Fresh Market so I can do a taste comparison! 😉
Cornbread muffins are my sons FAVORITE. He has been looking for a recipe to make for Thanksgiving. I am going to pass this along to him (he’s 8) 🙂
Growing up in the South I think I have become addicted to cornbread. Now that I am in the North, I look for ways to make it so my family can enjoy it too. I usually freeze my extras. I never thought about wrapping muffins individually and keeping them in a container together.
I’m stopping by from Heather’s site and sure glad I did. So many eats to go through! After checking out her WIAW and looking at all the great people involved, I might have to see if I can create a post worthy of sharing!
I was waiting for this recipe. None to patiently I might add. 🙂
There once was a steak house downtown that made the best friggen corn bread and served it at the start of every meal. It was amazing, and it came out in it’s own little skillet. Sadly they closed and my cornbread days were no more…until now that is. Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to make these.
I’ve learned over the years that proper cornbread is a frickin artform. Hopefully these rock your socks off. I ate three straight from the oven and rounded the accidental “meal” out with some carrots. I’m special.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jenn! You have really nailed it with this recipe. I have tried several different recipes, which have mostly been failures. I have finally succeeded with yours. I live in Europe, thus the only ingredient slightly different is polenta instead of cornmeal, which is not available here. My daughter claims it tastes even better, haha.
You have now convinced me to have a look at your other recipes. Nancy
I’m so glad you loved them Nancy!!! I hope you fall in love with every recipe you try! <3 Thanks for the sweet comment!
If you like jiffy you should love these! They have a similar flavor profile but a bit of extra buttery flavor and fluff! =)
haha if you come cook for me =)
Yes! Lets! =) We can run away to somewhere tropical..
I hear ya! Same here!!! I think I’m going ot try freezing half the batch — I heard CB freezes marvelously!
P read your comment and laughed. Our poor thumbs 😉 haha
Yes! I need to update the tags for it since there are a lot of them but here’s the link that singles out just the GF tagged recipes I’ve done so far! I’ll keep updating it! xoxo
https://peasandcrayons.com/search/label/gluten%20free
Ok…so I was assigned the task of making Sunni’s FAMOUS homemade Cornbread..(normally Jiffy Mix).. for Thanksgiving day dinner to suit 18 people. But I figure if your gonna do something for somebody , my motto is always do it right the first time. So I doubled your recipe and poured it in a burnt pan cuz I wasn’t about to cart around 18-20 muffins. EVERYONE RAVED about this recipe!!! I was unable to bring any home for my own leftovers! Bravo girl!! And thank you for MY newest go to recipe for FLUFFY CORNBREAD..!! =)
umm..correction..”you’re” and “BUNDT pan”…sorry
Well, I don’t have a printer at the moment so I was running back and forth to the screen to see the recipe and didn’t see that the sugar is creamed with the margarine or butter.
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Well, let me tell you – try skipping that step just once and you may not cream them again fro this recipe 😉 I also bumped up the baking powder to two tablespoons – it’s my oven trust me.
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I did put the margarine with the oil and sour raw milk – added the eggs – and it didn’t make one bit of difference. They came out at least as good as Jiffy Muffins of old.
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The cooking time was short for me but hey, my cooking times are always longer, and that’s with a “new” oven.
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Thanks for the recipe! It’s so versatile and amazingly easy.
Hi I just made these last night, the first time I’ve ever made cornbread from scratch, and they were delicious! Living in Australia means it’s virtually impossible to buy a box of mix but now I don’t need to search thanks to you! So light w just the right texture and sweetness- can’t wait to try variations.
Really yummy and fluffy! Next time I might reduce the sugar as they are a bit too sweet for my taste! Thanks for the recipe.
A fluffy corn muffin is great for dinner, but I really enjoy one for breakfast and have been looking for that bakery-style recipe to keep from having to buy one to satisfy my fix. Two days ago, my last attempt wound up in the trash. They weren’t even good enough for bread crumbs or chili-dipping. I just found this recipe yesterday and tried it last night. I absolutely loved these muffins! I did alter by adding 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese and about 2 TBSP. of sour cream. Yummy! Thanks, Jenn!
We always buy the MB faux of BM muffins but they have proven to be a little heavy, probably from early baking and sitting in packaging. I have used the Jiffy/cakemix recipe but would like to avoid having to buy these products to make homemade muffins. will try these and see if my grand daughter approves as she is the corn muffin inspector and will not consume if any heavy consistency . will try these for a.m. school breakfast.
Totally understandable, I’m the same way with my muffins. I hope the corn muffin inspector approves! 🙂 Happy baking, Joy!
Delicious! I was looking for an easy recipe for my daughter to make corn bread and thought muffins would be perfect! Easy to follow instructions and wonderful results! It is now my go to recipe for muffins! I will add some cheese and jalapeños sometime like I used to do in my regular cornbread.
Thank you!
Thanks Christie! Jalapeños (and cheese! always cheese!) sound amazing right now!
These are soooo good! This has become my go-to cornbread recipe! I have been looking for a Boston Market-esque recipe for a long time and every other recipe I’ve found uses cake mix. I love the simplicity of your ingredients! 🙂
Jenni you just made my day, thank you! So beyond honored it’s now your go-to — we love this recipe like woah! xoxo
I made corn muffins from scratch (not the recipe above) using Quaker cornmeal, and they came out so gritty and dry and crumbly, it makes me think that maybe I should be using extra-fine cornmeal? I’m not sure what the texture is of the stone-ground cornmeal that you specify, since I’ve never bought it. I buy Quaker and use that to make polenta. I know the ratio that I used, 1:1 four and cornmeal was partially responsible. But maybe the cornmeal was just too coarse?
Hey Susan! The raito of cornmeal to flour also plays a huge part in muffin recipes I think. The higher the cornmeal to flour ratio the more crumbly and dry the muffins get without tons of butter to counteract the effect. If you’d like to try it with a finer cornmeal, you can pour regular cornmeal in a food processor and process it until it’s finer if you’d like? I do this with oats when I’m blending them into veggie burgers and pancakes 🙂
I’ve had numerous readers and friends love the recipe above to do let me know if you get a chance to try it! Happy baking! xoxo
I’m trying this today! Sounds delicious and I’m also a cornbread maniac! Thanks for sharing!!
Yay!!! Hope you LOVE them Laura! 🙂